1.   But some German commentators believe Kohl faces a peculiar political quandary.

2.   Even so, German commentators are baffled by the hushed and awestruck reception the book has received from American publications, including Newsweek.

3.   Many German commentators and officials felt that move ignored the political importance of the issue.

4.   Some German commentators said the move would permit Scientologists to depict themselves as persecuted martyrs.

5.   German commentators Wednesday urged the Saxony-Anhalt state court to hand down tough sentences.

6.   But in recent weeks German commentators have questioned the commitment of the French government under President Jacques Chirac to take the tough economic medicine needed for monetary union.

7.   Many German commentators responded by saying that his arguments were not really new, neither were they totally accurate or totally false.